Role in Gamergate

Warnings

On September 14, Boogie2988 claimed[1] to have received numerous warnings for commenting on Gamergate.

I spent quite a lot of time on twitter, neogaf, and elsewhere discussing this phenomenon. If you were paying attention to what I had to say you’ll know that my message was always the same; one of moderation, kindness, equality, and integrity.

It has been easy for me to discuss this topic simply because I’ve been discussing these things for YEARS before GamerGate began and I suspect I’ll be talking about them for many more years to come, provided my body doesn’t fail me.

On monday I decided to hit the exit button for a pretty obvious reason. I stated that there were extremists on both sides of this thing and because of them I would need to take a step back. But that wasn’t the only reason I did so.

I have been ‘cautioned’ to be careful about associating with a movement that is supposedly being more and more associated with ‘misogyny and harassment’. I was told by more people than I can count that I had ‘burnt several bridges’ already and I should be wary of burning any more, especially once this whole thing ‘turns sour’.

Not from just one person, but from many.

So if you’re wondering if I was ‘harassed’, the answer is not exactly. But I was certainly encouraged by several people whom I have considered friends and business associates that I should step the fuck back to save my career.